In Jose Saramagos Blindness a group of seven strangers cross paths and band together when an epidemic of white blindness strikes the country Through their journey all seven characters change for the better and some like the girl with the dark glasses changed more that the rest With this change each of these peoples limits is tested both physically and emotionally Yet in the end they all come together and are able to survive by dealing with their situation The change in the girl with the dark gl
The Global South Who Really Cares A global disease is one that does not care about borders doesnt care if a country is developed or developing if a country is in the global north or in the global south all it cares about is infecting as many people as possible A global disease is one that travels throughout the entire world infecting and destroying as much as possible In his book The Hot Zone Richard Prestons describes the spread of a global disease of a filovirus known as Ebola Throughout the
When the Legends Die by Hall Borland a Native American in the 1930s Thomas Black Bull is orphaned at a young age and left to live alone in the old ways in the wilderness Toms life changes drastically when a fellow Ute Indian Blue Elk comes finds and tricks him in coming to live at a reservation school to learn the way of the white people From this point forward all the people in his life force him to abandon his Indian way of life Throughout the book Thomas struggles to forget his meaningful ch
In literature it is not uncommon to have a heroic figure as protagonist especially under influence of ancient Greek tradition to have a tragic hero The tragic hero is one who possesses good qualities and enjoys good fortune at the beginning of the story yet suffers a miserable end either due to ones character flaw or environmental factors In the novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe the tragic hero is the protagonist Okonkwo who enjoys great fame since his early years from his strength and h
The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald is a novel of Jay Gatsby a wealthy man from Long Island who had an extreme love for Daisy Buchanan Daisy Buchanan was married to Tom Buchanan at the time but Gatsby and her had a relationship before her marriage and it unexpectedly ended when Gatsby went to fight in the war Tom Buchanan had been having an affair with Myrtle Wilson who was married to Mr Wilson and lived between the East and West Eggs and New York City Gatsby was trying to get Daisy back at
The Great Gatsby In the book The Great Gatsby author F Scott Fitzgerald tells the story of a group of troubled upper class New Yorkers during the summer of 1922 The main character is Jay Gatsby a wealthy young man who worked his way up from rags to riches To the community Gatsby is known for the lavish parties he throws each weekend at his mansion in West Egg He is suspected of being involved in suspicious illegal activities such as bootlegging as a source of his fortune Gatsbys neighbor Nick C
A Tragic Hero in one of Shakespears plays are noble men who have a great flaw and because of that flaw goes threw a downfall but in the end they learn a lesson In the play of Macbeth Macbeth is a tragic hero Macbeth is a nobleman with many flaws One of his most prominent flaws is his over ambition and that he was easy to manipulate Macbeth was willing to do anything he could in order to be king Even if it meant killing those who were next in line and even witnesses Macbeth is known as a brave a
To what extent is one responsible for his or her own actions There is always someone to blame or hold responsible for things and sometimes it isnt the one who physically followed through with the action that is to blame In Shakespeares Macbeth we come across the same question who is responsible for Duncans death The play reveals the obvious culprit responsible for Duncans death is Macbeth However this does not necessarily mean Macbeth is to blame for his violent death is obviously the consequen
Lord of the Flies is a novel by Nobel Prize winning author William Golding It is about a group of boys who get stuck on a deserted island during the nuclear war The only thing one really knows about human nature is that it changes I agree with this quote because I believe that human nature changes depending on where the person lives Jack Merridew for example changes throughout the book He starts out wanting to help and contribute to the group and by the end of the book he slowly changes for the
Throughout Shakespeares play Hamlet the main character is faced with the responsibility of having revenge for his fathers murder He decides to pretend Crazy as part of his plan to gain the opportunity to kill Claudius As the play progresses his plan of a madman becomes believable and the people around him react accordingly However through his inner thoughts and the apparent reasons for his actions it is clear that he is not really mad and is simply an actor acting out his craziness in order to